Display lid



E. BRUNHOFF May 14, 1929.

DISPLAY LID 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. MW

ATTORNEY.

Filed Oct. 14, 1924 May 14, 1929.

E. BRUNHOFF DISPLAY LID 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 14, 1924 1 3 Q & am am Q INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY.

Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BRUNHOFF, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, AS SIGNOR TO THE BBUN'I'IOFF MANU FAC'IURING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DISPLAY LID.

Application filed October 14, 1924. Serial No. 743,635.

My invention relates to improvements in display lid adapted to be applied to cigar boxes and similar original packages from which it is desired to vend the contents. One of its objects is to provide improved means to support the transparent or display lid with reference to the original package. Another object is to dctachably mount and hinge the display lid with reference to the original package. 'Another object is to pro vide improved means to assemble the metal members and transparent panel. Another object is to provide improved means to as semble the metal frame members and the transparent panel without injury to the previously plated and burnished or otherwise finished surface of the metal members. My invention also comprises certain details of form and combination and arrangement of components, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of an original container from which the goods are to be vended, illustrating the application of my improved display lid thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a rear metal frame member detached.

Fig. l is a plan of one of the flat stampings from which right and left hand display lid attaching brackets Fig. 5, are formed by bending.

5 is a perspective view of one of the display lid attaching brackets detached.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan of the detached frame members and. brackets ready to receive a transparent panel and to be assembled rigidly thereon ready for use.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of a display lid showing the parts of Fig. 6 assembled ready for use.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of one corner of the display lid andbracket assembled for use.

Fig. 9 is a sectional detail illustrating the method of attaching the metal frame members to avoid injury to the finished surface of such members.

F 10 is a plan view of one corner of a display lid, showing a modification.

Fig. 11 is a bottom plan of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of a frame section showing a modification.

.lhe-accompanying drawings illustrate the nreferred embodiments of my invention in which 15 represents an original package, a cigar box for instance, from which the goods or contents are to be vended directly, and 16 represents the cigar box lid or other member by means of which the container 15 was originally closed, and which is hinged at 17 to said original container 15.

In order to display the goods *ithin the container 15 and at the same time protect the contents of the container 15 from dust or in ury and against loss of moisture, or against accumulation of moisture while the container is mounted upon a counter. showcase or similar support, I provide a display lid therefor, which is detachably mounted upon the container 15 and serves to close the open mouth of the container, and at the same time permits the goods within the container to be viewed through the transparent portion of the display lid, and if required permits the display lid to be lifted to readily give access to the goods within the container.

My improved display lid, Figs. 1 to 9, comprises a transparent panel 20. a channeled metal frame member 22 adapted to embrace three sides ofthe transparent panel, a channeled metal. frame member 2% to embrace the fourth side of the transparent.

panel, and attaching brackets 26 and 27 adapted to detachably support the display lid with reference to the container It desirable to construct lnirticularly'the metal members 22 and. 24.- either from stock which has been previously enameled, varnished or electro-plated, or which has been similarly finished in the separated condition shown in Fig. 6 and to be able to assemble and unite the respective members without exposing them to heat for solder joints where the previously finished surfaces would be injured and without marring such finished surfaces by the application of tools thereto to unite the metal members after their surfaces have been finished. I therefore recess or cut away the under side or web of the channels 22 at 30 and 32 and perforate the opposite or upper sides or webs 3d and at 38 to receive rivets 36 by means of which the sections 37 of the brackets 26 and 27 are rigidly attached respectively tov the webs 34 and 35 of frame 22. Solid rivets may be employed for this purpose if desired, but I preferably employ small tubular rivets 36, which after being inserted through the perforations in the webs 34 and 35 and sections 37, are acted upon by means of upper andlower punch members and 42. each of which has a short mandrel 46 to enter the bore of the rivet and a shoulder 44 against which the end of the rivet engages, and which punches when driven together upon the rivets serve to spread the ends of the rivets and rigidly unite the brackets 26 and 27 to opposite ends of the frame 22 without touching or in any way marring the face of either of said frame members. Cutting'away or recessing of one web of the frame at 30 and 32 enables the punch or punches '42 to pass the lower web and engage the rivets 36 at the inner face of the webs I and 35.

After the brackets 26 27 have been riveted to the ends of the frame section 22,

the transparent panel 20 is inserted into place in the frame section 22 and the frame sect-ion 24 is forced over the rear edge of the panel 20 with its ends in engagement with the ends of the frame section. 22, whereupon the projections 48 at opposite ends of the fra'mesection 24 are engaged with the ears or projections 49 of the brackets 26 and 27, and fsecured thereto by means of rivets 50 passing through perforations 52 in cars 48 and through perforations 54 in the projections 49 ofthe brackets 26 and 27. If de- 7 sired the ears '48 may be soldered to the projections 49 in place of being riveted thereto, as the heat may be so applied from the'rear to projections 49 as to practically conceal any injury to the finish of the frame members. In the event that the transparent panel I the container 15 so that the display lid may have a hinge movement relative to container 15 topermit the lid to normally cover the i open mouth of the container 15, and when desired to be tilted away therefrom to permit access to the interior of the container to "be had. 'As illustrated I preferably stamp two ton ues 56 and 58 atthe free end of the brackets 26 and 27, whichare bent in pairs right and left handedly as shown respectively in Figs. 5 and 8, with intervening spaces 'suflicierit to permit the brackets 26 and 27 to be slipped from front to rear over the cigar box cover 16 with the tongues 56 embracing the outer face of the cover 16 near its side edges while the tongues 58 embrace the inner face of the cover 16 opposite the tongues 56, until the display cover comes to rest over the open mouth of container 15, while the cover 16 is held inclined rearwardly from container 15 in position to expose the trade-mark and advertising matter 53 upon the inside of the cover 16 advantageously to view. Thus the hinge 17 of the cover 16 serves also as a hinge for the display lid and both covers move together when the display lid is opened and closed. The display lid may be readily detached from the cover 16 when the goods have all been vcndcd from the container 15, and applied to another original container filled with goods to be vended. After rivets 36 have been clinched, corners 84 are bent inwardly to increase the strength of the frame.

In the modification Figs. 10 and 11, the transparent panel 66 is incased at its edges by means of metal frame members 61 and 62. Bracket members 63 are separately stamped and provided with angular corner plates 64 which seat fiat upon the upper T ace of the upper webs 65 of the frame members 61 and 62, at opposite rear corners of the lid and overlap the joint between said members 61 and 62 and are rigidly attached to each of said webs 65 by means of one or more rivets 66, preferably tubular rivets. The bracket members 65 are also provided with integral tongues 67 and 68 to engage front and rear faces of prime lids 16 in pairs at opposite edges thereof to detachably mount the display lid upon the prime lid. As shown in Fig. 11, the lower webs 69 of the frame members 61 and 62 are recessed or perforated at 70 with recesses or perform tions of greater diameter than the rivet pcr forations in the webs 65 to provide for passing the lower riveting tool or punch through or past the lower webs 69 and into engagements with the rivets seated in the perforations in the upper webs 65.

In the modification Fig. 12, a plurality of frame sections 72, 73 and 74 are assembled and united to receive a transparent panel 20, by employing stamped corner brackets substantially as shown in Figs. 16 and 1] at the rear corners of the frame and stamped corner brackets 75 and 76 at the forward corners. I also preferably employ a stamped finger grip 77 attached to the center of the front frame section 73 to enable the lid to be conveniently lifted by engaging member 77 with a finger. The several corner brackets and member 77 are riveted to the upper webs 78 of the frame by rivets 82, and the lower webs of the frame 79 are recessed or perforated at 80 for the passage of a riveting tool through or past the lower webs 80, substantially as heretofore described for fastening the members of Figs. 10 and 11 together.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification with the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

IV hat I claim is:

l. A display lid comprising a transparent panel, a channeled first frame member to embrace the front and sides of said panel, the lower web of said channeled member at the rear ends of said first frame member being cut away for the passage of a riveting tool to the rear face of the upper web of said channeled first member, a second frame member extending across from one rear end of said first frame member to the other r rear end of said first frame member, and

bracket members adapted to embrace the front and rear faces of the lid of the original container at the edges thereof, said second frame member and said bracket members being attached to the respective rear ends of said first frame member by rivets extending through the upper web only of said first frame member opposite said cut away portions of the lower web of said first frame member.

2. A display lid comprising a transparent panel, a channeled first frame member to embrace the front and sides of said panel, the lower webs of the channels at the rear ends of said first frame member being cut away for the passage of a riveting tool to the lit rear face of the upper web of said channel, a second channeled frame member to embrace the rear edge of said panel from one rear end to the other rear end of said first frame member, brackets constituting fastening means between said first and second frame members, rigidly attached by rivets to the upper webs of the rear ends of said first frame members, said bracket members being provided respectively with projections in pairs adapted to engage opposite edges of the lid of an original container, and said second frame member being adapted to be attached across from one rear end to the other rear end of said first frame member and to said respective bracket members after said panel has been inserted in position.

3. A display lid comprising a transparent panel, a channeled first frame member to embrace the front and sides of said panel, the lower webs of said channels at the rear ends of said first frame member being cut away, a second channeled frame member having rearwardly directed end projections, bracket members constituting fastening means between said first and second frame members, rigidly attached by rivets to the upper webs of the rear ends of said first frame member, said second frame member embracing the rear edge of said panel and extending from one to the other of said brackets and adapted to be rigidly attached to said bracket members by said rearwardly directed projections after said panel has been inserted in position, said bracket members being provided res oeetively with projections in pairs adapter to engage opposite edges of the lid of an original container.

4. In a display lid for a box provided with a hinged cover, a frame member afiixed to the side and front edges of a transparent panel, a second frame member adapted to be secured to the rear edge of said panel and having apertured projections extending laterally from the opposite ends thereof and bracket members secured to the frame mem bers and having apertured ears for engagement with said apertured projections of said second frame member, and further presenting projections in pairs adapted to engage opposite edges of said hinged cover.

5. In a display lid, in combination with a transparent panel, a channeled first frame member to embrace the front and sides of said panel and having the rear ends of the lower web of said channeled frame cut away and the rear ends of the upper web of said member perforated, bracket members adapted to detachably engage and attach said frame to the lid of an original container, said bracket-s being perforated to register with the perforations in the rear ends of the upper webs of said first frame member and attached to the upper web of the rear ends of said first frame member, and a second frame member attached at its opposite ends to said bracketmembers and adapted to engage the rear edge of said transparent panel to retain said panel in position in said frame.

6. In a display lid, in combination with a transparent panel, a channeled first frame member adapted to embrace the front and sides of said panel-and having the rear ends of the lower web of said channeled frame member cut away, and having perforations in the rear ends of the upper web of said channeled first frame member, a second frame member having bracket members adapted to detachably engage and attach said frame member to the lid of an original container and extending across from one rear end of said first frame member to the opposite rear end of said first frame member and means for connecting the ends of said second frame member to the upper web of the rear ends of said first frame members.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

EDWARD 'BRUNHOFF. 

